Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-23

never cease. The Argus has no more
than finished exposing o scheme of very
large proportions on the part OF the Rock
Island company than another plan comes
to light. The plan has the double rec
omendation OF plarsibility and good
authority and although but little can be
known certainly of such schemes until
their movements are ready to make them
public the present one seems worthy OF
belief. But to "resoom ard go one" as
Samanthy says, and lay open to the
public eye the scheme which is on the
strings of President Hill, Of the great
Manitoba road:
1t is stated on the authority of Col.
Drake. who was in Sioux Fslls the lattor
part OF last week that the Maniroba
company will be put in the line as first
plt nned but will work another scheme
which means much more for the country
than the former plan. The line graded
from Duluth to Wilmar will not be buift,
The road from Wilmar to Sioux Falls
and Denver will be pnt in, as planned.
Instead OF going from Wilmar to Du-
luth, the road will run from Wilmar to
Hlnckley, which is situated on the road
from Dnluth to st. Paul. From Hinok-
ley the line is to be built thr ough the
Gogebic iron region of northern Wiscon.
sin to Ashland "a point on Lake Superior
250 miles nearer to the Atlantic sea.
board than Duluth. The Sault Ste. Marie
road already connects this point with
Sault de Marie the Michigan terminus
of the Canadian Pacific.
This road as indicated above, pa SEES
through the Gogebic iron regions. If
built as outlined above, it will place st.
Paul nearer to Montreal, an Atlantic
port, than Chicago is to New York. 1t
will place Sioux Falls 200 miles nearer
to an Atlantic seaport thar sioux City
is now via Chicago. What this city will
then be asking is not Missouri river or
Sioux City freight rRteH. but Chicago
freight rates. 1t must be remembered
that the Canadian Pacific will not In
any way be affected by the inter
state commerce bill, as the roads be-
tween Chicago and New York will be.
Ii this scheme ia the one cnntemplat-
ep by President Hill, as Colonel Drake
seems to think it is, 1t will practically
give to Sioux Falls two roads instead of
one. She will have what is nearly the
same as the Duluth line, from here to-
Hickey which is connected directly with
Duluth and also the road to Ashland,
through the Gogsbic Iron region and
thence to the Atlantic sea board almost
by an air line. Such scheme il carried
out would be Of untold valae to the west
and Sioux Falls would come In for its
share OF the advantage.
Of the NJ. s, M. & A., railroad with
which the Sioux Falls, Wilmar and
Ashland wcrd connect, the Pioneer
Press OF SsS clay editorially speaks as
follows: q
The completion OF the Minneapolis,
Sauls Ste. Mare & Atlantic railroad viii
work ont another result which was only
OF the Pioneer Press on this subject yes
terday. 1t was pointed out that it would
make st. Paul and Minneapolis q center OF
competition for three distinct systems OF
eastern transit, the Lake Superior sys-
teni, the Canada and Boston system and
the Chicago and New York system, and
that the Canada road will bring st. Paul
and Minneapolis virtually within the
same distance from Montreal or sea
navigation as Chicago is from New York
and by reason OF the immense lumber
business on its route, which would
| give full loads OF return
freights, it could afford to carry
| -four and wheat to the seaboard at q
lower rate than any OF the roads between
Chicago and New York, and as low as
the lake and rail route from Duluth tc
Buffalo and New York. Being exempt
from the restraints OF the interstate COM
merge law for ali the Canadian half OF its
line, il can make what rates il may
choose. One important result follows
from these conditions, to wit: That the
Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic
railway will fix the rate at st. Panl and
Minneapolis for all other systems oi
eastern transit. Merchandise will be
laid down in these two cities at that rate
whether IT comes by the way of Duluth
or Chicago. Each OF these routes viii
have 20 lower its rates to meet the COM
petition Of the Montreal road.